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Prince Kaukab Quder Saajad Ali Meerza, better known as Dr M Kaukub, had done his doctorate in Urdu from the Aligarh Muslim University on the Literary and Cultural Contributions of Wajid Ali Shah.

They detained party workers were sent to police lines, a senior police official said.

The DGP has asked all police officers, especially those in field posting, to remain alert in view of the arrest and take necessary precautions, a senior official said.

The brief session of the state legislature is scheduled to start from Thursday and coronavirus tests were carried out on its 600 secretariat staff on Monday.

On Wednesday, videos showing installation of marble idols of BSP chief at Bahujan Samaj Prerna Sthal went viral on social media platforms.

Ayodhya district administration is on alert regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit on August 5 to lay the foundation stone of the Ram temple. A digital security plan has also been prepared on this.

As per the order, shops selling country-made liquor, foreign liquor, beer and and bhaang and model shops can remain open daily from 10 am to 9pm.

Danish Ali, who is an MP from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, said people of western UP will be happier and more comfortable with this division.

Samajwadi Party Chief and former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav tweeted, “The car has now overturned, but the government was saved from being overturning because of their secret.”

Of the 257 COVID-19 deaths reported so far in the state, Agra tops the chart with 48, followed by Meerut (34), Firozabad and Aligarh (16 each), Kanpur Nagar 13 and Moradabad 10 among others.

Recently, the Samajwadi Party had also written to the UP legislative assembly taking back its plea for disqualification of Shivpal Yadav from the House.

On Thursday, Maharajganj district registered eight positive cases among migrant workers, taking the tally in the district to 31. Of these, seven people have been discharged or cured and one person has died.

The BSP supremo also asked the Central and state governments and the Railways to be serious over the issue of sending migrants home safely.

In a tweet, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav further asked how can someone get external brightness by extinguishing their inner light during such a crisis.

A lockdown was already in place in 18 of these districts. The restrictions in 17 states began on Monday and were initially scheduled to last up to Wednesday.

Three BJP MLAs, Pankaj Singh, Dhirendra Singh and Tejpal Nagar, who attended the press conference in Noida along with the minister, have already self-quarantined themselves.